Most enterprises that fail do so because they run out of money. In software business where the dominant cost is engineering salaries [1], poor tech practices wi

Most enterprises that fail do so because they run out of money. In software business where the dominant cost is engineering salaries [1], poor tech practices with expensive fixes are a major factor in running out of money. More abstractly, high productivity engineers help you to exhaust the idea space through delivering products into real world before you run out of money. It's better to fail because you discovered your supposed gold mine had no gold rather because you ran of mining resources half way through. [1] Notably this doesn't apply to capital intensive business with high marketing or infrastructure costs